I promised a while ago that I would show you guys how my lab environment at home looks like, and here it is:

Sniper:

model name : Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q9550 @ 2.83GHz
cpu MHz        : 2000.000
cpu cores    : 4
MemTotal:       16467156 kB

Hunter:

model name : Dual-Core AMD Opteron(tm) Processor 1214
cpu MHz        : 1000.000
cpu cores    : 2
MemTotal:        4057096 kB

Scout:

model name : Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU 6300 @ 1.86GHz
cpu MHz        : 1596.000
cpu cores    : 2
MemTotal:        2056892 kB

Sniper has 4 NICs (Network Interface Cards), 3 of them currently in use: one to the LAN and 2 to some wireless access points I had laying around. One of the access points uses WPA2 encryption while the other is unencrypted. Connecting to the unencrypted is ill-advised as you are then targeted with SSLStrip, Metasploit, BeEF and other goodies. Don’t steal peoples internet without permission (the access point identifies itself as “Virus distribution network”). I plan to add a splash-screen when people tries to surf for the first time. The other AP (Access Point) is to provide network connectivity to my wireless devices.

I have removed VirtualBox as the virtualization environment as it didn’t work out for me, and phpvirtualbox kept loosing connectivity with the VirtualBox instances. I tried to run VMWare Server 2.0.2 but it didn’t want to build on my Ubuntu servers - which is actually a good thing as I discovered KVM and ConVirt (see separate blog post on how to get them installed).

I will blog about each aspect of the Hacklab the next few weeks, including creating (or converting) virtual machines for

• target practice (on-purpose vulnerable systems for penetration testing testing)
• malware collection
• malware analysis
• TOR network participant

among other things. Stay tuned!